Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin

In 1772, the banker and wool merchant Philippe Clicquot-Muiron (1737-1799) founded a wine trade under the name Clicquot. This was the origin of one of the most famous champagne houses. His son François Clicquot (1764-1805) married Nicole Barbe Ponsardin (1777-1866) in 1798; the wedding took place in style in a champagne cellar. As early as 1802, representatives were sent to Russia to boost exports. After the early death of her husband, the young widow took over the business and named it "Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin" (Veuve = widow).

Invention of the remuage

The perfectionist woman also inspected her wine cellars at night to keep an eye on developments. She is often regarded as the first female entrepreneur of modern times, and her champagne was supplied to all European royal and princely courts. Around 1813, her cellar master Antoine de Muller (1788-1859), who came from Swabia, succeeded in the revolutionary invention of bottle riddling, the remuage by means of riddling desks (pupitres). According to legend, the Madame sacrificed one of her pieces of furniture for the first such device. Until 1821, Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin was the only champagne house to use this new process.

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